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  1. yeah this kinda bothered me with California too Obviously Neighborhoods sounds way more raw and less polished than the previous 3 blink albums but if you listen to +44's album and the first AVA album, then everything continues from where the smiley face album left off AVA then started to sound less polished with each album and Neighborhoods continues from that. If there was no AVA/+44 then the production of Neighborhoods would've sounded so out of place, which is weird because the songs themselves sound like they continue from the smiley face album. I also feel like blink were starting to go closer to a more upbeat pop punk sound but with AVA elements. It was like the band was progressing whilst reverting back to pop punk at the same time. Songs like WIWY and Disaster start off with AVA styled intros but my god the other parts of those couldn't be anymore pop punk if they tried. I also feel like PLG is a full on pop punk song despite all the synths and delay effects on the verse guitars. It's literally "what if AVA was a pop punk band?" Just made sense and sounded so natural Then Tom left the band so I was expecting blink to be closer to the kinda sound you hear on songs like Dogs Eating Dogs, HAG but with Alkaline Trio vibes. Instead, it was like they totally ignored all of their progression from the previous 15 years and started sounding like "what if ATL or Panic at the Disco wrote Enema/Take Off" or something. Not to mention the production started sounding glossy again. California just felt so so out of place to me. If they had released Nine instead of California, I do think it flows better as the next release after Neighborhoods/DED. There's just something about Nine that feels like a blink record to me even though there's no Tom. I'm probably biased as I dislike California more and more with each passing year whereas I'm actually a fan of Nine
  2. definitely love seeing blink-182online scraps between Ghent and Oliver for sure
  3. I'm in Mark's discord as well, don't get me wrong it's cool to see updates and whatever Mark has to say but I'd rather talk about blink on here. People on here are more open minded and have more contrasting views, so it's more interesting. The discord chat just feels more like a fanboy/fangirl club or whatever. I've always found it weird getting hyped up by celebrities and stuff too. Like I just never have felt starstruck or anything
  4. God I hate this too. It can totally ruin a look. Gotta get them white Michael Jackson socks on
  5. Isn't Tom's current wife supposed to be a huge blink fan dating back to the 90's? I'm sure I've seen photos on here of her holding the Dude Ranch album or something I could be remembering it wrong but I don't really put much thought into their families
  6. Haha I had no idea that was Travis saying the yeah yeah yeah parts. It really sounded like Mark with all the plug in stuff
  7. Fucking love the Cure Friday, I'm In Love A Letter to Elise Just Like Heaven Close To Me Lullaby Boys Don't Cry Pictures of You Lovecats Maybe Someday All great songs
  8. I just remember first hearing it and thinking wtf is this? Then I just grew to love the song more and more. It's the least blink song but the guitars are so blink sounding at the same time, especially the octave chords in the verses. It's such a bad ass track and I hope blink one day does a similar feature that isn't a rapper or pop star (although they never used the Miley Cyrus version for IRWIHY haha)
  9. Fighting the Gravity and All of This are the weirdest blink songs for me. I think Stockholm Syndrome is kinda weird as well Great songs though
  10. I'm kinda at odds with how this song sounds. I feel like it's perfectly mixed yet at the same time the bass lines are great and I'd like to hear it more in the actual track. I wish Mark would play the way he does in the recorded song live but he plays a more simple variation of it
  11. I've always thought TOYPAJ is the best blink album regarding instruments and melodies. Everything sounds perfect on it. Tom and Mark sound great. The songs sound slightly more different to each other than Enema. It really does sound like it's evolving from Enema to what BCR was The lyrics really do ruin a lot of the songs for me though. When I was 13 I thought the lyrics were great. I started liking the smiley face album more and more though. I was growing into the +44 styled lyrics too. Neighborhoods came out when I was 18 and i loved the Mark lyrics on that album (outside of the helicopter line). Blink just became a better band lyrically and it ruined how I felt about TOYPAJ. I can get by with the Enema lyrics as nothing on there comes across as forced and I think Enema has good lyrics anyway
  12. I don't see this as a final tour or final album. Mark & Travis literally are blink for life. Whether that's with or without Tom, they'll both continue to be in blink. I think it'll mean more breaks in between album releases if it's with Tom though as Tom will have his usual projects like AVA and the TTS stuff. Mark will probably have side things like Simple Creatures and Travis will continue producing pop punk albums for rappers. Their kids are adults now and living their own lives. It's like how they were back in 1992-02 before they became dads. Becoming parents changed the dynamics of the band (along with BCR and other shit obviously). Blink seem to be a healthy band again. This is nothing like the reunion era and Neighborhoods era. Tom seems like he's in a happy marriage with a wife that seems supportive. Mark's wife has always been supportive and Travis also seems to be super content. All three dudes are living their best lives again. The energy and vibes are just way too good for it to be one last hurrah for them
  13. Holy shit I'm loving this and i don't even like Cynical 😂
  14. I've never heard of this and I'm someone that has recorded a lot. Although I've never really experimented much with recording techniques and stuff haha. But this sounds cool asf, I'd love to try something like this
  15. It probably doesn't help that he's not playing anything close to what Tom plays. Just based on listening to Edging, the guitar has Tom's finger prints all over it, especially the octave chords and that lead guitar that you can only just hear in the chorus The preset could be low in the mix or have Tom playing palm muted guitar parts with delay pedals like on PLG. I got Kaleidoscope vibes when the dude let the guitar ring out though. It's all about how it's used like what Reg said
  16. Pathetic might be my favourite example of the Mark & Tom call and response vocals. Not sure if that was the first blink song to have that kind of idea? I cant remember anything specifically like that on Cheshire Cat but I could be wrong
  17. Haha yeah, if there's anything on the California albums that I don't mind, it's how Skiba & Mark sound. Just having Tom sing on them songs wouldn't make the songs better
  18. That Sober one sounds nothing like Tom to me
  19. Makes me like Mark more this. Kinda shit I do with my good friends haha. Love a ball grab!
  20. There's a lot of blink songs with amazing verses including California songs, just the choruses ruin the songs as a whole California - Hey I'm Sorry, 6/8 DED - When I Was Young, Pretty Little Girl Neighbourhoods - Natives, Heart's All Gone, Kaleidoscope Untitled - Feeling This, Obvious, I Miss You, Violence, Easy Target Enema - Aliens, Exist, Adam's Song, Anthem Dude Ranch - Pathetic, Apple Shampoo
  21. Man, these shows are making me fall in love with GOTDF all over again. I always have loved that song. The riff is so damn catchy. Love the extended bridge so Travis can do his thing. Blink need to do more extended bridges & outros
  22. Adam's Song & Ghost on the Dance Floor sound great Just wish Tom would play those chords in the verses rather than just strum each root note and let it ring out but I'm just being picky. The drum solo is great. i prefer moments like that than Travis having his own drum solo that takes up 5 mins of the setlist Love that Tom yells NO!!! or NO THEY'RE NOT! after each "we all know conspiracies are dumb" line on Aliens Exist. His voice fits perfectly with Bored to Death. Up All Night actually sounds good for once. I was worried that'd still sound kinda crap live haha I'm loving his new guitars more and more. I hope Fender releases them cause I want one of them fuckers
  23. Yeah, I had the same feeling. The dude recording the video is so far away. All I hear are super reverbed drums (due to the camera being so far away) and Mark's bass. Can't even hear any tone on the bass. Can barely hear Tom's guitar and I can't even make out his voice. Sounds like Skiba singing the songs still That said, I think Tom is gonna sound great on Bored to Death. His voice is gonna suit that song perfectly
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